CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY ONE LINERS:February 1– February 7

February 12, 2018

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CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY ONE LINERS:February 1– February 7

Dear Bankers daily Aspirant,

The SYNDICATE bank, CANARA bank, SBI Clerk and various exams are coming in the forthcoming days. Are you prepared for the General Awareness section and the Banking Awareness which is the scoring part for many aspirants ? If not you should definitely read this one liners if you need a quick & Short content for your preparations henceforth we provide the One Liners for the 1st Week of February, 2018.

We are providing the aspirants with the curated list of Recent happenings in the 1st week of February and so this could be vital for your preparations for the General Awareness and Static Awareness and also for the Banking Awareness section in the forthcoming exams.

Check the Weekly One Liners from February 1–February 7 and you could also download the Weekly Current Affairs One Liners as PDF from the link below. There are chances that the recent events from the current affairs can be asked in the forthcoming exams like SYNDICATE bank, CANARA bank, SBI Clerk which happens in the forthcoming days.

You can download the Weekly One Liners of February 1–February 7 from the link given below and you can read the one liners also which is provided below.

The Ministry of Commerce & Industrylaunched the third version of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM 3.0).

The Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister R K Singhinaugurated the 7th India Energy Congress 2018. It is organised by World Energy Council India with theme “Energy 4.0: Energy Transition Towards 2030”, in New Delhi.

The Centre has sanctionedRs 1,500 crore for three years to promote organic farming in Uttarakhand.

India has joined the Ashgabat agreementwhich envisages setting up of an international transport and transit corridor linking central Asia with the Persian Gulf .It is to to significantly improve the trade and investment.

The cab-hailing company Olahas inked MOU with Government of Assam to pilot an app-based river taxi service in Northeast India’s financial hub

TheFifth edition of South Asia Region Public Procurement Conference was held in New Delhi.Thee timely and quality delivery of public services.

The State government has decided to hold the first-of-its kind, one-day Pelican Festival. It will be held at theAtapaka Bird Sanctuary on Kolleru, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the country.

To create awareness around Internet safety, Google India launched a public initiative“#SecurityCheckKiya”.

Uttar Pradesh State government in association withUNICEF has launched massive door to door campaign

INTERNATIONAL

Rwanda has become the first low-income countryto provide universal eye care for its 12 million population.

Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has signed an agreement with the World Bank for Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP).

A new Manchester-India Partnership (MIP) aimed at connecting Indian companies with the northern regions of England has been set up to further trade, investment, science and innovation ties between India and Britain.

Sri Lanka celebrated the 70th Independence Day in a grand ceremony at the Galle Face Green in Colombo.

The country’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)has successfully launched the smallest-ever rocket to carry a satellite into orbit.The rocket set off from the Uchinoura Space Center.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a packed schedule during his four days visit to Palestine, UAE and Omanfrom 9th Feb.

The Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency for 15 days.

The US entrepreneur Elon Musk has launched his new rocket, theFalcon Heavy.

Sweden and the United Nations World Food Programme has signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement. It has committed $370 million dollarsto WFP over the next four years.

BANKING & BUSINESS

The Central Statistics Office (CSO)revised the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate for 2015-16 to 8.2% from the earlier estimates of 8% and kept the 2016-17 growth unchanged at 1%.

Googlehas introduced a new app named “Bulletin” in a limited edition and it is available in Nashville, Tennessee and Oakland, California.

The government and World Banksigned a $100 million (about Rs 6,400 crore) loan agreement.It is to promote rural economy in selected blocks of Tamil Nadu across 26 districts, benefiting over 4 lakh people.

Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has received Rs173.06 crore capital infusions from the government in the current fiscal.

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Russia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU).

The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Shri Arun Jaitley launched CriSidEx. It is India’s first sentiment index for micro and small enterprises ( MSEs) developed jointly by CRISIL & SIDBI.

The Government has decided to sell off its entire public stake in Dredging Corporation of India Ltd. (DCIL).

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)has been ranked the top environment policy think tanks in India while it has secured the 16th position in global rankings, climbing up two positions from the last year.

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

Name of the Person

Appointed for the post

Resign

Replaces

Neelam Kapur

director general (DG) of Sports Authority of India (SAI)

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Lt. Gen Anil Chauhan

new Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army

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John Hennessy

Alphabet chairman

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Nicos Anastasiades

president of the Republic of Cyprus

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Syed Mahmud Hossain

as Chief Justice of Bangladesh

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Surendra Kumar Sinha

Dinesh Srivastava

hief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC)

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G Kalyanakrishnan

Jerome Powell

16th chairman of the Federal Reserve

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Randal K. Quarles

AWARDS & HONOR

Magahi writer Shesh Anand Madhukar, who has been working extensively for the development of the language, was honoured with this year’s Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award.

The V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award of the Mumbai International Film Festival is for Documentary, Shorts & Animation Films. MIFF 2018 will be conferred upon veteran film maker Shyam Benegal.

Shabnam Asthana was awarded the ‘Times Power Women of the Year 2017’- Pune for Global PR.The award was conferred on her by Dilip Kamble, Minister of State for Social Justice. These awards were initiated to celebrate the victories of women who have been a great source of inspiration.

The International Press Institute’s Indian National Committee has named Ritu Sarin as the recipient of the IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism.

BOOKS & AUTHOR

Exam Warriors, a book penned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for students,has been released in the presence of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar.